45 mins
21:17
End of 1st half
45 mins
21:16
Official stoppage time (minutes): 1
45 mins
21:16
Simon Terodde pulls the ball into the sixteen on the right side. From about six meters, the former Cologne shoots the ball with his right flat on goal. But Robin Zentner is there and parries the shot with his right arm.
43 mins
21:15
After conceding, Mainz are still looking for ideas. The game of the Rheinhessen looks a bit uninspired and Schalke has so little trouble to stop the offensive game of the hosts.
40 mins
21:09
Yellow card for Ludovic Ajorque (1. FSV Mainz 05)
Ludovic Ajorque goes into the duel against Rodrigo Zalazar with his leg straight and sees a yellow card for it. It’s his fourth this season.
38 mins
21:09
A long ball to the left. Karim Onisiwo catches the ball and runs towards the penalty area at full speed. He passes the ball to Leandro Barreiro on the right, but then referee Jölleneck interrupts the game. The Mainz striker Onisiwo was just offside when the ball was passed.
35 mins
21:07
Almost the 2:0! Simon Terodde passes the leather from midfield to Kenan Karaman in the centre. The number 19 player runs to the edge of the penalty area and then shoots at goal with his right hand. He aims for the right corner, but his shot flies against the right Post!. Bad luck for the guests.
33 mins
21:04
Free kick for the guests. After a high and long cross from the right, Robin Zentner sails under the ball and Marius Bülter shoots the ball from around five meters from the left baseline on goal. But now the Mainz goalkeeper is there and catches the ball.
31 mins
21:01
Of course, the management is now playing into the hands of the guests. The guests can first concentrate on the defensive work and continue to lurk for counterattacks.
29 mins
21:01
The lead for the Royal Blues is a bit lucky. Mainz determined the game just before the goal was conceded and Schalke concentrated on counterattacks. S04 used one of these to take a 1-0 lead.
26 mins
20:56
Goal for FC Schalke 04, 0: 1 by Marius Bülter
The Royal Blues win the ball in midfield after Ludovic Ajorque lost the ball. Rodrigo Zalazar passes the ball to Marius Bülter with a sharp pass. The number eleven player runs into the sixteen with the ball on his foot and shoots the ball with his left hand from about ten meters long and flat into the right corner.
23 mins
20:54
The hosts always take over the game in the final minutes and try to overcome the defense with long balls. Mainly due to the early counter-pressing, the Mainz team repeatedly force the ball.
20 min
20:52
Best chance for the hosts! The FSV follows and forces the ball win. After a flat cross from the right into the center, Karim Onisiwo takes a direct shot from the right. The number nine player aims for the right corner. Alexander Schwolow stretches and parries the shot next to the goal.
19 mins
20:49
Mainz is also more active in the game now and keeps getting stuck in the opposing half. So far, the Rheinhessen have not really come to dangerous conclusions.
16 mins
20:47
Schalke win the ball in midfield. Marius Bülter puts the ball on the left side to Kenan Karaman. The number 19 player moves to the penalty area line and shoots a flat shot at goal from a slightly left position from around 17 meters. Robin Zehnter watches and buries the ball.
15 minutes
20:45
Mainz serves Karim Onisiwo with a deep pass to the left. He runs the ball and crosses the leather from the edge of the penalty area up to the second post. Alexander Schwolow safely catches the pill before the approaching Leandro Barreiro.
13 mins
20:43
Free kick for the FSV. Aarón Martín brings the standard from more than 35 meters, the leather long and high in the sixteen, but Schalke is good at the back and hits the ball from the sixteen.
11 mins
20:41
Simon Terodde forces the ball down the left and passes the ball on to Henning Matriciani. He runs to the edge of the penalty area and crosses, but the home side get a leg in the way again and clear the next corner. Again, the corner brings nothing.
9 mins
20:38
The first few minutes clearly go to the royal blues. S04 starts the game of the Rheinhessen early and conquers the ball again and again.
6 mins
20:37
The guests from Gelsenkirchen counter. Schalke conquers the ball in midfield and Rodrigo Zalazar gets the ball on the right. He runs at speed into the opponent’s sixteen. He wants to cross the ball to the five, but Mainz clears the corner. The subsequent corner kick remains without consequences.
5 mins
20:35
First corner kick for the guests. Rodrigo Zalazar takes the corner from the left to the five. Robin Zentner climbs up and catches the leather safely.
3 mins
20:33
Quiet start for both teams. The teams first feel each other out and don’t get into the opposing penalty area.
1 min
20:31
Here we go! Referee Matthias Jöllenbeck whistles and Schalke pushes.
20:21
Things aren’t going as well at Schalke 04 as they did at the beginning of the year. Head coach Thomas’ team has only won two of their last five games. Among other things, there were defeats against Leverkusen (0:3), Hoffenheim (0:2) and Freiburg (0:4). Most recently, however, the Royal Blues fought back from a 1-0 deficit against Werder Bremen and scored the 2-1 winner against the North Germans in added time. This puts the Gelsenkirchen team in 17th place in the Bundesliga with 27 points. Only one point separates the S04 from safe shores, which are currently occupied by VfB Stuttgart with 28 points.
20:10
Mainz conceded a defeat for the first time after ten unbeaten games last weekend. In the end, Bo Svensson’s team lost 3-0 to VfL Wolfsburg. This puts the Rheinhessen in eighth place with 45 points and they still have chances for international business. With a win today, FSV could climb to seventh place with 48 points.
19:59
Schalke head coach Thomas Reis also changed his starting line-up twice compared to the 2-1 win against Werder Bremen last weekend. Cedric Brunner and Sepp van den Berg are new for Maya Yoshida and Jere Uronen (both bank). Injured, S04 are still missing a few top performers. The following players cannot play today: Eder Balanta (training deficit), Ralf Fährmann (torn muscle fiber), Justin Heekeren (cruciate ligament injury), Moritz Jenz (muscular problems) and Soichiro Kozuki (foot surgery). Blocks threaten Marius Bülter, Simon Terodde, Maya Yoshida and Rodrigo Zalazar. All have seen the yellow card four times so far.
19:46
Mainz head coach Bo Svensson rotates his starting XI to two positions after the 3-0 defeat against Wolfsburg last weekend. Danny da Costa and Aarón Martín are on the starting grid for the injured Silvan Widmer (ankle injury) and Anthony Caci (bench). FSV is also missing Jonathan Burkardt (bone marrow edema in the knee). Leandro Barreiro, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Karim Onisiwo and Anton Stach are threatened with suspension. Everyone has seen the yellow box four times so far. Dominik Kohr is also threatened with a suspension in the next game. He has seen nine yellow cards this season.
19:30
Welcome to the Friday evening games of match day 31 in the Bundesliga in the 2022/23 season. At 8:30 p.m., FSV Mainz 05 meets FC Schalke 04. Referee Matthias Jöllenbeck officiates the game.